"Auntie, please put me down first," Dany stated.
Ashley looked at the little girl who didn't look back at her.
"What's wrong?" Ashley was a little confused. As far as she could remember, Dany liked being hugged
before.
Was it because Cayn had said something in front of Dany?
Without any other choice, Ashley just put her down.
Meanwhile, Dany turned to look at the bodyguards behind her.
Then, Ashley watched as Dany approached the bodyguards. She didn't know what the little girl told
them but they seemed a bit hesitant.
Soon enough, two of the bodyguards started walking away, leaving two of their comrades.
It turned out that Dany did like being hugged. She just asked to be put down because the bodyguards
were present.
So she asked them to leave but the other two bodyguards wouldn't do so no matter what, because
Cayn had ordered them to stay there.
If anything happened, they needed to report everything to Cayn.
It was very likely that Cayn had already anticipated what would happen that day.
At last, Dany looked at Ashley and said, "Auntie, you can go to work now. I'm perfectly fine here."
She then gave Ashley a wide grin.
For some reason, Ashley thought that Dany's smile looked somewhat familiar.
At that time, Andrew was looking at Dany with so much affection in his eyes.
Perhaps, Ashley was so fond of Dany because she was a girl, or maybe it was because she had been
missing for so long.
Ashley wanted to say something more, but Andrew who was beside her embraced Ashley and said,
"Let's go."
Andrew then looked at Dany and his eyes met hers.
Both of them were stunned.
However, Dany instantly felt some mixed feelings inside her little heart.
What she did not know was Andrew was feeling the same thing.
'He... Is he really my father?' she quietly pondered to herself.
Dany blinked her eyes a few times before staring at Andrew's back.
She was a little confused, trying to sort her feelings out. But it was clear that what she was feeling right
then was completely different when she was with Cayn.
In the middle of it all, Ashley was still feeling disappointed with Andrew.
Since she couldn't control herself anymore, Ashley asked, "What are you doing? I haven't had a good
talk with Dany yet. Besides, I don't know what's going on, but I feel like our baby has been brainwashed
against us.
By the way, Andy, do you think that Cayn did this? Did he tell Dany to behave like this? No way, right?
That would be too much!"
The more that Ashley spoke, the more they could hear the hint of sadness and grief in her voice. She
was even more upset that her baby didn't like being with her right then.
"How unbelievable! That baby is our own daughter. He's a kidnapper! He stole my daughter, and now
he refuses to give her back to me!"
Ashley complained, suddenly throwing herself into Andrew's arms.
Andrew patiently patted Ashley's shoulder to comfort her. He didn't say anything, he just quietly tried to
make her feel better.
The passers-by in the street looked at them with so much confusion. It might be because Andrew was
too handsome.
But neither of them seemed to mind anyone around them. It was like they were the only people who
existed.
By the time Ashley finally lifted her head from Andrew's arms, a long time had already passed. She
didn't even know how long he was comforting her.
Ashley became a little embarrassed. Was she too emotional just now?
His suit was a mess. It was too wrinkled and it was easy to see a lot of tears on it.
If it was the old Andrew, he would have never expected that such a thing could happen.
Considering that he was a neat freak, it was surprising that he let Ashley fall into his arms to cry and
ruin his clothes.
"Are you still upset?"
Andrew asked while staring at Ashley's face. He was trying to see if she was still crying.
"I'm very sad!" Ashley exclaimed. How could she not be distressed?
'That precious little baby is my own daughter. How could she behave like that towards me?' Ashley
thought to herself.
Although she knew that Dany might not want to show her too much affection in the presence of the
bodyguards, she still made Ashley a little sad.
"Go on, tell me all about it,"
Andrew said while pressing Ashley's head into his chest.
Ashley didn't expect that Andrew would do that so she didn't have the chance to refuse the physical
intimacy.
She was forced to bury her head in his arms with her face directly onto his chest.
Within a brief moment, Ashley's nose hurt a little bit from the impact.
'This guy!
Doesn't he know how tough his chest is?
More importantly, I just said that I'm upset!
Why does he have to press my head against his chest?'
There were a lot of things going on in Ashley's head, although she didn't say anything out loud.
Was this Andrew's way of comforting her?
What a strange feeling.
Ashley raised her head and asked, "What are you doing?"
Andrew explained, "Aren't you upset?"
Ashley was rendered speechless at that point. For a while, she didn't say anything at all.
She didn't actually want to argue with him.
"I'm fine now,"
Ashley said while taking Andrew's hand. Ashley wanted to be closer to Dany, as she was still the little
girl's dear mother.
That was a fact that could never be changed.
That alone made her more confident.
'From now on, I will do everything I can to make my baby accept me. Even if it happens gradually, I'd
still be the happiest mother in the world, ' Ashley thought.
Andrew looked a Ashley a little more closely, wondering why she was in such a bad mood one minute,
then had it completely changed in the next.
Andrew was relieved to see her feeling better.
Then he said, "The girl likes you and she doesn't want to leave you. Maybe the reason that she was
behaving like that was because of the bodyguards."
When Andrew and Dany looked at each other just then, he perfectly understood what the little girl was
thinking. It was so evident in her bright and innocent eyes.
So after noticing that Ashley seemed upset, he couldn't help but explain Dany's side.
"Really?" Ashley looked at Andrew and smiled.
"Yeah, why would I lie to you?"
"Ah, I'm so happy. So she didn't mean to do that?"
"No, she didn't." Andrew was so stunned at the amount of happiness in Ashley's face and he gently
stroked her head.
Then Ashley smiled back at Andrew.
"How about we go to work now?"
Ashley suggested. She didn't go to her office yesterday because of Dany, so she should have a pile of
work waiting for her today.
"Okay, that sounds good."
Andrew nodded at Ashley and got into the car with her.
While Ashley was sitting behind Andrew, the light smell of tobacco from his body made her sleepy.
Soon enough, she dozed off.
She hadn't had a good rest for several days because of matters concerning Dany.
And whenever she would sleep at night, she would dream of her daughter.
So, after seeing the girl, she could finally relax. The smell of tobacco on Andrew's body was her final
cue. Right away, she couldn't help but close her eyes.
Andrew adjusted her head on his shoulder so she could be more comfortable.
While he looked at Ashley's sleeping face, the corners of his mouth formed into a smile. He thought
that she looked lovelier this way.
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